Solar cell and method for producing same

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A method of electrically isolating portions of a large surface area semiconductor body for inter alia, the production of improved semiconductor devices. In the preferred embodiment, the semiconductor devices are of the type which include a common, electrically conductive substrate, a body of semiconductor material deposited upon the substrate, and a transparent electrically conductive coating deposited atop the semiconductor material. The method includes the steps of dividing the large area semiconductor body into a plurality of electrically-isolated small area portions, testing the electrical output of each of the isolated portions, and connecting only those isolated portions providing …